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Andy Kerr (footballer, born 1931)

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Scottish footballer For other people with the same name, see Andrew Kerr (disambiguation).

Andy Kerr
Personal information
Full name Andrew Kerr
Date of birth (1931-06-29)29 June 1931
Place of birth Lugar, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of death 24 December 1997(1997-12-24) (aged 66)
Place of death Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Lugar Boswell Thistle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1959 Partick Thistle 163 (30)
1959 Manchester City 10 (0)
1959–1963 Kilmarnock 101 (90)
1963–1964 Sunderland 18 (5)
1963–1965 Aberdeen 14 (7)
Total 306 (132)
International career
1955 Scotland 2 (0)
1955–1957 Scottish League XI 2 (0)
1956 Scotland B 1 (0)
1958–1961 SFL trial v SFA 3 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Kerr (29 June 1931 – 24 December 1997) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Partick Thistle, Manchester City, Kilmarnock, Sunderland, Aberdeen, Inverness club Caledonian in the Highland Football League and also Glentoran in the Northern Ireland Football League.

Kerr started his career with Lugar Boswell Thistle in the Scottish Juniors having been born in the village of Lugar. Kerr also won two caps for Scotland, both of them in 1955. He was initially a defender and achieved his international recognition in that position, but achieved greater success at club level after being converted to a centre forward.

References

  1. "Andy Kerr". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. "Andy Kerr". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  3. Scotland B player Kerr, Andy, FitbaStats
  4. Scottish trial match at Easter Road Archived 9 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Glasgow Herald, 4 February 1958
  5. The selectors still have problems Archived 20 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine, The Bulletin, 17 March 1959
  6. Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.
  7. Manchester City sign Kerr, The Glasgow Herald, 15 May 1959 (via Partick Thistle History Archive
  8. Andy Kerr, KillieFC.com
  9. Blast From The Past – Celtic, Partick Thistle F.C., 25 September 2019

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